By this point Tony Stewart was ready to make his move. After starting 31st and barely avoiding going a lap down in the early stages Stewart's #20 Joe Gibbs Toyota came into its own as the sun went down and the track cooled. Taking the lead briefly with 100 laps to go Stewart and Kahne battled back and forth for a while before Johnson's temporary charge and then continued their scrap following his demise.

But with nearly everyone forced to make a late stop for a top up of fuel the advantage seemed to swing Stewart's way as Kahne spent a couple of seconds longer in the pits. After running nose to tail with Kahne prior to the stops, Stewart emerged from the pits with less than 15 laps to go with a commanding five-second lead. However going into lap 398 Stewart's right front tyre went flat and while he avoided the outside wall he had to pit, losing a lap in the process and handing Kahne an unchallenged lead.

Kahne ended the race having led a total of 66 laps with a comfortable margin over Greg Biffle, ironically the driver who also finished second to Kahne in the All Star race. Kyle Busch recovered to take third with Jeff Gordon fourth after managing to go the final 60 laps without a top-up of petrol. Earnhardt Jr, like his teammate, went the distance without pitting in the final laps and rose to fifth despite the damage sustained in his clash with Yeley with Jeff Burton sixth, Matt Kenseth seventh, Elliott Sadler eighth, Carl Edwards, who ran out of fuel on the final lap, in ninth and David Reutimann completing the top ten.

Further down the finishing order Sam Hornish Jr backed up his strong All Star run with a 13th place finish with Kurt Busch 16th, Stewart a dejected 18th, Johnson 39th and the unfortunate Vickers a lowly 42nd.